Santa Muerte is a cult that is not officially accepted, and yet it has more followers every day, not only in Mexico, where it originates, but all over the world. She has suffered the stage of considering herself diabolical and that of being a new version of the virgin, that of being an entity for the marginalized or of a...

As seen in previous articles, seals or sigils are tools of the magician to represent a magical space in a controlled and closed environment. But they were also the signatures of the spiritual entities that practitioners try to contact and obtain favors. While general ritual magical seals can be created directly by the practitioner, through the...

In the first part of the article, we discussed the origin of the seven-color candles, the African powers. Now we will talk about the most modern product, the seven-color chakra candles.

In the esoteric world, the appearance of different elements that are renamed as dietary powers is recurrent. Although it is enough for many to listen to the powers or energies that these objects promote, the most popular being candles, incense and jewelry, the truth is that the reason for their colors and their use is rarely delved into. That is...

Moon rituals are a model of natural esotericism and magic related to the cycles of renewal that the moon evokes, as well as sacred time, determined by visible changes in nature, and which are always a sign of rebirth. Eliade (1974) said that the human being recovered with the moon a vital consciousness, and a consciousness of cosmic destiny of...

Dowsing is a phenomenon that has spread since ancient times and is still used today, in many rural areas, where other means for locating groundwater are lacking, and in alternative medicine. This pseudo-science seeks to identify natural electromagnetic fields and stimuli. It has often been put into practice, as has been said, to search for water...

The word alchemy seems to derive from the Arabic al-kemeia, which appears as such in the 12th century. According to certain scholars, kemeia or kimia would in turn come from the Egyptian kmt or chem, whose meaning was black, referring to the dark color of the earth. Since one of the main functions of alchemy is the transmutation of metals,...

One of the biggest problems that Wiccans often face is their designation as neopagans, and, simultaneously but mistakenly, their designation as idolaters. Wiccans believe in the God and Goddess, and revere them by recreating themselves in the contemplation and enjoyment of nature, in which the God and Goddess represent their duality and power. In...

The question of Egyptian magic is so broad that we have decided to create a second chapter touching on other aspects and techniques of it. Continuing with the first part, a magical tool, as has been seen, were the figures, which served both to create and destroy, and the words of power or hekay were the main element...

Heka, or ḥk3w in the ancient Egyptian transcription, is a word that combines multiple meanings: it is, mainly, magic, but understood as the creative power, but also the sustaining force of the world, as well as the magical act itself and its rituals. . The hieroglyphs used for his name contain ka, that is, the life force. Each act of...

Saint John's Eve takes place on the night of June 23 to 24, and the birth of John the Baptist is celebrated. However, it is only a transposition of the summer solstice festival, which takes place between June 20 and 22, in the northern hemisphere, and from December 20 to 22 in the southern hemisphere, and which represents the shortest...

The Middle Ages is undoubtedly the historical moment in which the vast majority see a hotbed of magic and occult arts, although occultism as such is still a few centuries away from being born. However, as has already been mentioned on previous occasions, the Middle Ages was a time, more than a creator, a recipient of all the traditions of...